"convexus" meaning in All languages combined

See convexus on Wiktionary

Adjective [Latin]

IPA: [kɔnˈwɛk.sʊs] [Classical-Latin], [koɱˈvɛk.sus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From convehō (“carry”), with semantic development "carried or moving along" > "inclined, arched"; compare also dēvexus (“sloping down”). The traditional derivation from Proto-Indo-European *wenk- (“to be bent or bowed”), whence Sanskrit वञ्च् (vañc, “to move crookedly”), is phonetically implausible. Etymology templates: {{ncog|ine-pro|*wenk-|t=to be bent or bowed}} Proto-Indo-European *wenk- (“to be bent or bowed”), {{ncog|sa|वञ्च्|t=to move crookedly}} Sanskrit वञ्च् (vañc, “to move crookedly”) Head templates: {{la-adj|convexus}} convexus (feminine convexa, neuter convexum); first/second-declension adjective Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|convexus}} Forms: convexa [feminine], convexum [neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], convexus [masculine, nominative, singular], convexa [feminine, nominative, singular], convexum [neuter, nominative, singular], convexī [masculine, nominative, plural], convexae [feminine, nominative, plural], convexa [neuter, nominative, plural], convexī [genitive, masculine, singular], convexae [feminine, genitive, singular], convexī [genitive, neuter, singular], convexōrum [genitive, masculine, plural], convexārum [feminine, genitive, plural], convexōrum [genitive, neuter, plural], convexō [dative, masculine, singular], convexae [dative, feminine, singular], convexō [dative, neuter, singular], convexīs [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], convexum [accusative, masculine, singular], convexam [accusative, feminine, singular], convexum [accusative, neuter, singular], convexōs [accusative, masculine, plural], convexās [accusative, feminine, plural], convexa [accusative, neuter, plural], convexō [ablative, masculine, singular], convexā [ablative, feminine, singular], convexō [ablative, neuter, singular], convexīs [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], convexe [masculine, singular, vocative], convexa [feminine, singular, vocative], convexum [neuter, singular, vocative], convexī [masculine, plural, vocative], convexae [feminine, plural, vocative], convexa [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. vaulted, arched, rounded Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-convexus-la-adj-RAkWobIB
  2. convex or concave (depending on context) Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-convexus-la-adj-iYAseec- Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 14 78 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 86 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 89 6
  3. inclined (sloping downwards) Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-convexus-la-adj-gtrD31OF
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: dēvexus, subvexus

Inflected forms

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      "lang": "Asturian",
      "lang_code": "ast",
      "word": "convexus"
    },
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      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "word": "convex"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "convex"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "lang_code": "eo",
      "word": "konveksa"
    },
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              "lang_code": "id",
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          "lang_code": "nl",
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          "word": "convex"
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          "lang": "Romanian",
          "lang_code": "ro",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "convex"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "lang_code": "tr",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "konveks"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "word": "convexe"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "word": "convexo"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "word": "konvex"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "convesso"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "convexo"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "convexo"
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    {
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "lang_code": "nb",
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        "feminine"
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    },
    {
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        "singular"
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        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "convexī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "convexae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "neuter",
        "nominative",
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    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "convexae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "convexī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "convexōrum",
      "source": "declension",
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        "masculine",
        "plural"
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        "plural"
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      "form": "convexōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "convexō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "convexae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "convexō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "convexīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "convexum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "convexam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "convexum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "convexōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "convexās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "convexa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "convexō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "convexā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "convexō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "convexīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "convexe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "convexa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "convexum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "convexī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "convexae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "convexa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "convexus"
      },
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      "name": "la-adj"
    }
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  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "dēvexus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "subvexus"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "vaulted, arched, rounded"
      ],
      "id": "en-convexus-la-adj-RAkWobIB",
      "links": [
        [
          "vaulted",
          "vaulted"
        ],
        [
          "arched",
          "arched"
        ],
        [
          "rounded",
          "rounded"
        ]
      ],
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        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
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      "glosses": [
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      ],
      "id": "en-convexus-la-adj-iYAseec-",
      "links": [
        [
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          "convex"
        ],
        [
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        ]
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      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
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        "inclined (sloping downwards)"
      ],
      "id": "en-convexus-la-adj-gtrD31OF",
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          "inclined"
        ]
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        "adjective",
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[kɔnˈwɛk.sʊs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[koɱˈvɛk.sus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "convexus"
}
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    {
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "lang_code": "ast",
      "word": "convexus"
    },
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      "word": "convex"
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    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
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          "lang_code": "tr",
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      "lang_code": "fr",
      "word": "convexe"
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    {
      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "word": "convexo"
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    {
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "word": "konvex"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "convesso"
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      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "convexo"
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
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        "feminine"
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    {
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        "plural"
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    {
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      "form": "convexī",
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      "tags": [
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        "masculine",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "convexae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "convexī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "convexōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "convexārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "convexōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "convexō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "convexae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "convexō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "convexīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "convexum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "convexam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "convexum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "convexōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "convexās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "convexa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "convexō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "convexā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "convexō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "convexīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "convexe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "convexa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "convexum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "convexī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "convexae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "convexa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "convexus"
      },
      "expansion": "convexus (feminine convexa, neuter convexum); first/second-declension adjective",
      "name": "la-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "convexus"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "dēvexus"
    },
    {
      "word": "subvexus"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "vaulted, arched, rounded"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "vaulted",
          "vaulted"
        ],
        [
          "arched",
          "arched"
        ],
        [
          "rounded",
          "rounded"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "convex or concave (depending on context)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "convex",
          "convex"
        ],
        [
          "concave",
          "concave"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "inclined (sloping downwards)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "inclined",
          "inclined"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[kɔnˈwɛk.sʊs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[koɱˈvɛk.sus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "convexus"
}

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